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Early testing suggests highway guardrails not built for heavy EVs
Preliminary crash testing finds that the nation’s guardrails may not be suitable for heavy electric vehicles (EVs). A test crash conducted at the University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility involved a nearly 4-ton 2022 Rivian R1T. When the pickup truck crashed through a metal guardrail and barely slowed down before hitting a concrete barrier, it came as little surprise to the researchers, The Associated Press reported. “We knew it was going to be an extremely demanding test of the roadside safety system,” Cody Stolle, a member of the facility, told the AP. “The system was not made to handle vehicles greater than 5,000 pounds.” The test crash was intended to

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